Synonyms for graduate

Synonyms for (noun) graduate

Synonyms: graduate

Definition: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts

Similar words: measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system

Definition: instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something


Synonyms: alum, alumna, alumnus, grad, graduate

Definition: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

Similar words: scholar, scholarly person, student, bookman

Definition: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines


Synonyms for (verb) graduate

Synonyms: fine-tune, calibrate, graduate

Definition: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

Usage: calibrate an instrument; graduate a cylinder

Similar words: adjust, correct, set

Definition: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

Usage: Adjust the clock, please; correct the alignment of the front wheels


Synonyms: graduate

Definition: confer an academic degree upon

Usage: This school graduates 2,000 students each year

Similar words: confer, bestow

Definition: present

Usage: The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated; bestow an honor on someone


Synonyms: graduate

Definition: receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies

Usage: She graduated in 1990

Similar words: have, receive

Definition: get something; come into possession of

Usage: receive payment; receive a gift; receive letters from the front


Synonyms for (adj) graduate

Synonyms: postgraduate, graduate

Definition: of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree

Usage: graduate courses

Similar words: high

Definition: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

Usage: a high temperature; a high price; the high point of his career; high risks; has high hopes; the river is high; he has a high opinion of himself


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